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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 8:38 pm
One of these days, a guest at Cucina Urbana will raise a chunk of bruschetta to his lips, peer over the topping at a column wrapped in planks and say, “Look, honey, there’s our old fence!”
This may already have happened. Cucina Urbana, restaurateur Tracy Borkum’s “hard times chic” reclaimed redo of the long-running Laurel, has grabbed so much attention that a lot of San Diego has descended the shoetree-lined staircase to ogle the graffiti wall and funky light fixtures.
Determined to revitalize this prime location, Borkum ditched the “swinging London” décor she imposed when she originally bought the place, and created an improvisational piece of theater that … more
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